Got the Nitro Models E-3D plan in last week. Great kit, went together easy, everything fit, and got it finished Saturday night ready to go out Sundy Morning. All that was left was to balance it which I figured could be done Early Sunday. Weighed in at 20 oz. ready to fly which was right on target.

Sunday Morning got it ready to fly, loaded in the 1800 MAH flight pack, Put it on the balancer set at the recommended CG point (2.2 inches) and had to lay a 8 ounce battery pack on the front to get it even close. It is So tail heavy as to be ridiculous. It actuall gets close to balance at about 3.5 inches. No way can I add 8 oz of lead to the nose.

Send an email to Nitro Models, They responded with a request for the order number, rather than an answer. Who keeps order numbers after they get the plane. Tried to call them, got voice mail so probably wont be getting phoned back. So If anybody has built this plane I sure would like to know what their experience was. The Brio which a friend of mine has, uses a CG of about 3.5 inches he said. and the planes are similar in size and design.

But I sure dont want to take a chance and tear up a perfectly good plane that just may have an error in the instructions. And if it is not an error, I have no clue as to how I'll get the CG to 2.2 inches without tearing up some structure.

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Finally after no info from Nitro Models I was directed to a website with a calculator to figure where the CG should be.

At the fuselage it said 3.5 inches, which if you draw a straight line out to the wing tips, is at about the 2.2 inches stated in the instructions.

After flying it, I moved the CG to be a bit more noseheavy. It flies like a dream, and I now have over 20 flights on it.

A great Little model. takes a bit of power on landing to keep from tip stalling.

I noticed this threat is a bit old, but hopefully it's still active...

I just bought a nitroplanes E-3D and am in the process of setting it up. I took it to my local hobby shop to buy a motor and electronics for it. The guy at the hobby shop had me get a E-Flight Power 10 motor for it. He said that it'll provide enough power to fly the plane fully 3-D. I wasn't sure about the weight of the plane while i was at the shop. He looked at the plane and thought that'd it would come in at 2 lbs easily. I don't think the plane will be that heavy. Right now I have that motor, a 2100mah LiPo, 35A electrifly ESC, and 4 hitec servos. I do want the plane to be 3-D-able...but is this too much power/weight for this plane? Also, the motor mount that the motor came with does not fit on the firewall of the plane. How can I get around this problem?

My last issue is with the wing. It's more of a complaint than a question. I noticed after unpacking the plane that the airfoil doesn't taper down as it should. This makes for a nasty looking blunt wing at the tips that are way too thick at the leading edge. I imagine this causes some not-so-nice stall characteristics...

Mine weighs in at 25 oz. Using a AXI 2212/26 swinging a APC 10/5E Prop.

Current is 11.1 Amps on a 3S-1P 1800 MAH 20C pack. Have in the range of 100 flights on it now and it really is a nice flying plane. I don't do 3D with it, but it does nice manuevers of the normal and more calm nature. Flights are in the range of 9-12 minutes.

I did have to use 2 servos for the elevator to get it to respond well in pitch. It had a tendency to snap on full pull. Seems that one side of the elevator was not moving the same amount under pressure. 2 servo solved it.

As to stall characteristics, I haven't had any problems in that area. Any plane will stall if you slow it down too much. But this one lands pretty well and a moderate speed.